Friday, March 28, 2025

Department of Political Science News Archive

3/21/2025
What does Trump's Dept. of Education order mean for local schools?
3/19/2025
Dr. Karl Kaltenthaler
3/14/2025
After Bitter Defeats Last Year, Ohio Democrats Are Biding Time as GOP Moves Full Swing Into 2026
3/8/2025
Bill Maher Gives Democrats Advice on 'Most Important' Steps to Win Again
3/6/2025
Dr. David Cohen visits the Ray Horner Show


Total results: 470

After Bitter Defeats Last Year, Ohio Democrats Are Biding Time as GOP Moves Full Swing Into 2026

In this article, Dr. J. Cherie Strachan, professor of political science and director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, discusses the future of the Democratic party in Ohio.

Bill Maher Gives Democrats Advice on 'Most Important' Steps to Win Again

Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, is quoted in this article about advice Bill Maher gave to Democrats to win again. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Faculty Experts

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • Media and politics
  • Campaign news
  • Campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu 

  • American politics
  • President
  • Vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • Presidency
  • White House staff
  • Chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • Executive branch
  • Cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Campaigns
  • Elections
  • Voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • Public opinion
  • Weapons of mass destruction
  • Homeland security
  • Biological weapons
  • Chemical weapons
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu 

  • Politics
  • Religion and politics
  • Campaign financing


Kim Hufgard

kjl9@zips.uakron.edu

  • Criminal Justice
  • Human Trafficking


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu 

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu 

  • Political science
  • Political philosophy and ideology
  • Democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • Human rights
  • International law
  • Legal philosophy
  • State constitutions
  • Comparative constitutional and legal systems

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